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The Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Christopher, Bournemouth

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1153390Arnewood RoadReligion
Income£264k2025-12-31
Spending£131ksame year
Spent / received86%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctReligion
Registered2013Previously excepted
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Christopher, Bournemouth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Arnewood Road. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Christopher, Bournemouth reported income of £264k and spending of £131k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £70k to £264k (+278%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 150%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Christopher, Bournemouth sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peters with St Marks Hospital Church (£263k), The Together Plan Ltd (£264k) and Grace Church, Cambridge (£263k).

Income and spending

£0£66k£132k£198k£264k2021 Income: £69,7432021 Spending: £65,65620212022 Income: £136,5352022 Spending: £95,28920222023 Income: £118,0812023 Spending: £147,83220232024 Income: £105,4572024 Spending: £155,22120242025 Income: £263,5782025 Spending: £130,5012025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Regular public worship. Pastoral work, visiting the sick and the bereaved. Taking of religious assemblies inschools.The provision of a youth club. Promoting the whole mission of the Church through provision of activities for senior citizens, parents and toddlers and other special need groups. Supporting other charities in the UK and overseas

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peters with St Marks Hospital ChurchMaidenhead£263k
The Together Plan LtdBushey£264k
Grace Church, CambridgeCambridge£263k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Paul's Mill HillLondon£264k